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Appeasement model paragraph

There is certainly evidence to suggest that Britain was not right to follow a strategy of appeasement;
this is because appeasement allowed Germany to build up their nation and become able to turn into
a great military superpower. The Treaty of Versailles had been designed to restrict Germany’s force
(article 163 which reduced the German army to 100,000 men and article 181 which stated the
German navy was to be reduced to six battleships) and the longer Britain followed the policy the less
likely they would be able to win a war against Germany without foreign aid as the built up their force.
For example, as Hitler invaded foreign countries such as Sudetenland in October 1938 and the
Rhineland on March the 7th 1936, he was able to demand more from the British and French
governments to stop him from repeating his actions yet again. This led to widespread outrage in the
British and French governments as it seemed that Hitler was just taking control of whatever he could.
Furthermore, this also shows that Britain should not have followed its appeasement policy due to
the sheer amount Germany could gain militarily and territorially. Another reason as to why Britain
should not have followed a strategy of appeasement was because they would be losing their most
important ally which was the Soviet Union. The Soviets were becoming increasing worried as Britain
were not standing up to the demolishment of communism. For example, the anti comintern pact
signed on November 25th 1936 went almost unnoticed by Britain. For those in the Soviet Union this
worried them about how they could act towards Britain since Britain standing up to Hitler in the way
that they had hoped. Because of the Soviet Union’s stance on how Britain was acting it shows that
Britain should not have appeased as by doing so they were at risk of losing their most important ally
with the edge of war on the horizon.

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